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What is the adjective for extortion?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb extort which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

extortionate
  1. of, related to or typifying extortion
  2. greatly exceeding what is reasonable or moderate; exorbitant
  3. Synonyms:
      4. expensive, exorbitant, costly, dear, pricey, premium, overpriced, extravagant, steep, excessive, pricy, immoderate, unreasonable, spendy, inflated, stiff, high, outrageous, preposterous, prohibitive, criminal, inordinate, ruinous, splurgy, punitive, OTT, high-priced, high-cost, high-end, big-ticket, big-budget, high-ticket, sky-high, over the odds, costing a bomb, costing the earth, excessively high, daylight robbery, over the top, at a premium, costing an arm and a leg, worth its weight in gold, worth a king's ransom, more than one can afford, ultraexpensive, lavish, unaffordable, valuable, precious, upmarket … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “I've managed to catch the last three traveling shows despite the extortionate ticket prices.”
      “The demands created by the king's extravagance were put down to his extortionate nature.”
      “This summer, the infirmary, thanks to the extortionate terms of its contract, found itself with a shortfall of several million.”
extortionary
  1. of, relating to, or typical of extortion
  2. extortionate
extortive
  1. Involving, constituting or accomplished by extortion.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The extortive power of the rebels is easily demonstrated by blowing up the pipeline.”
      “But the college stood its ground, refusing to yield to these extortive demands.”
      “Insurers provide coverage for actual or pretended kidnapping, extortive threats or intentional, arbitrary capture or unlawful detention.”
extorsive
  1. Serving or tending to extort.
  2. Examples:
      3. “They make the round of the villages, collecting grain to make bread in the period of their seclusion, in an extorsive rather than begging manner.”
extortious
  1. (obsolete) extortionate
extorted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of extort
  2. Synonyms:
      3. exacted, forced, wrested, wrang, wrung, wringed, coerced, squeezed, bled, bullied, milked, screwed, blackmailed, cheated, fleeced, gouged, racked, clipped, clipt, demanded, got, gat, gotten, iced, obtained, pinched, secured, skinned, soaked, sticked, stuck, stung, wrenched, blackmailed someone for, obtained by force, obtained by threat, obtained by threats, held up, obtained under duress, shook down, shaken down, pulled one's leg, put screws to, made pay through nose, put the arm on, wormed something out of someone, put the bite on someone for, extracted, extraught, elicited … more
extorting
  1. present participle of extort
  2. Synonyms:
      3. exacting, forcing, wresting, wringing, coercing, squeezing, bleeding, bullying, milking, screwing, blackmailing, cheating, fleecing, gouging, racking, clipping, demanding, getting, icing, obtaining, pinching, securing, skinning, soaking, sticking, stinging, wrenching, blackmailing someone for, obtaining by force, obtaining by threat, obtaining by threats, holding up, obtaining under duress, shaking down, pulling one's leg, putting screws to, making pay through nose, putting the arm on, worming something out of someone, putting the bite on someone for, extracting, eliciting, ransoming, pressuring, pressurizing, pressurising, holding hostage, prying, twisting, dragging … more
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